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Alaska Eligibility Requirements

To be eligible to vote you must be:

  • A US citizen
  • An Alaska resident
  • 18 years or older 90 days before Election Day
  • Not a convicted felon, unless your voting rights have been restored
  • Not registered to vote in any other state unless you're willing to cancel your registration in that state

NOTE: You may register to vote 90 days before you turn 18, however, you must be 18 on or before Election Day to cast a ballot.

Incarcerated Voters & Returning Citizens: 

District of Columbia Eligibility Requirements

To be eligible to vote you must be:

  • A U.S. citizen
  • A D.C. resident
  • At least 18 years old on or before the election (16-year-olds may preregister but will not receive a voter registration card or be eligible to vote until they are at least 17 years old with a birth date that is before the next General election)
  • Not been adjudged mentally incompetent by a court of law
  • Not claiming the right to vote anywhere outside DC.

Non-US Citizen Resident of the District of Columbia

Minnesota Eligibility Requirements

To be eligible to vote in Minnesota, you must be:

  • At least 18 years old on Election Day
    • 16 and 17-year-olds may pre-register to vote beginning June 2023
  • A citizen of the United States
  • A resident of Minnesota for 20 days immediately before Election Day
  • Not been found by a court to be legally incompetent to vote.
  • Not have been ruled legally incompetent by a court of law

Incarcerated Voters and Returning Citizens

Alabama Eligibility Requirements

To be eligible to vote, you must be:

  • A United States Citizen
  • A resident in Alabama
  • At least 18 years old
  • Not convicted of a disqualifying felony (or have had your rights restored)*
  • Not legally declared mentally incompetent by a court

Note: If you turn 18 years old after the registration deadline (14 days before an election), you can still vote in the upcoming election! Just be sure you submit your registration application before the 14 day deadline to ensure you're registered as you turn 18.

California Eligibility Requirements

To be eligible to vote, you must be:

  • A United States citizen
  • A resident of California
  • At least 18 years of age (or will be by the date of the next election)
  • Not currently serving a state or federal prison term for conviction of a felony
  • Not have been judged by a court to be mentally incompetent to register and vote

You may pre-register to vote if you are at least 16 years old. Your registration will become active once you turn 18.

You will need to re-register to vote when:

Florida Eligibility Requirements

To be eligible to vote you must be:

  • A citizen of the United States
  • A resident of Florida
  • 18 years of age on or before the date of the next general election
  • Not adjudicated mentally incapacitated with respect to voting in Florida or any other state, or, if you were adjudicated mentally incapacitated, you have had your rights restored by a court.
  • Not convicted of a felony (and not had your civil rights restored)

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